Amazing what a difference a week can make. Especially during the course of the seven-month, knock-down, drag ‘em out endurance test that serves as the NHL regular season.
Following a discouraging 4-3 loss to Boston on November 25—the Penguins’ third loss in a row and ninth over a 13-game stretch—it appeared their season had reached an early [...]

When Antti Niemi was signed this past off-season, there were many who groaned. There were people who said, “Give the kid a chance”, just because a player is a veteran doesn’t mean they are better than a Rookie. It’s a long season, there are still 55 games left to play, but Tristan Jarry stoned the Buffalo Sabres, 4 – 0. Welcome to the NHL!
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Our Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers last night 5 – 4 in OT. Pyrrhic may not be quite the right adjective to describe the victory, since the term implies that the victory was tantamount to a defeat, but it certainly was a costly victory; Matt Murray had to leave the game with a lower body injury. Tristan Jarry came in to replace him. [...]

This is the last time I’ll write about departed veterans like Matt Cullen, Ron Hainsey and Chris Kunitz. I promise.
They’ve moved on and so must we. I get it. Honest, I do.
Except we miss ‘em. Big time. Perhaps not so much for what they contributed on the ice, which was considerable, as for what they provided behind the scenes and in the loc [...]

I’ve been the voice of calm through a stormy first quarter of the season. Indeed, while my fellow PenguinPoop writers have suggested a shakeup to varying degrees, I’ve preached patience.
Don’t panic, I’ve written. No need to rush the kids, I’ve counseled. Wait’ll we play some home games, I’ve advised.
In the wake of an immensely frustrating [...]

And so comes the day of reckoning.
During the off-season, Nick Bonino and Matt Cullen jumped from the Penguins in free agency. From the moment Cullen jumped the buzz around the ‘burgh has been who will be the Penguins third line Center, the Center that would have to step up and fill either Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin’s skates should one of [...]